Friday, December 4, 2015

Monsanto to be Finally Put on Trial for Crimes Against Humanity

The
Organic Consumers Association (OCA), IFOAM International Organics,
Navdanya, Regeneration International (RI), and Millions Against
Monsanto, joined by dozens of global food, farming and environmental
justice groups announced today that they will put Monsanto MON (NYSE), a
US-based transnational corporation, on trial for crimes against nature
and humanity, and ecocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, next year on World
Food Day, October 16, 2016.

Since
the beginning of the twentieth century according to the groups, Monsanto
has developed a steady stream of highly toxic products which have
permanently damaged the environment and caused illness or death for
thousands of people. These products include:

•
2,4,5 T (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), a dioxin-containing
component of the defoliant, Agent Orange, which was used by the US Army
during the Vietnam War and continues to cause birth defects and cancer;